So what sports bike should I get next...?

Motorcycling
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So it looks like my insurance is finally going to pay out this week.

Just got back from NEC and drooling over mechanical totty (and tarty totty too!) and my mind is a blur! (BTW, the new MV Agusta F3 is the star of the show IMO)

I think its between:

  1. 2011 Repsol blade (had a 2010 and it got lifted)
  2. 2011 MV Agusta F4 (sexy as hell but a little cramped…)
  3. 2nd hand 2006 MV F4 and a track bike (probably mid 2000’s jap bike)

Other contenders:

  1. Beemer… (how long will it be at the top…?)
  2. New KTM RC8 R… (simply because its insane)

I’ll be keeping my winter hack ride so the above is purely a tart’s pride and joy and will not be destroyed by our lovely winters.

Suggestions help and insults welcome :smiley:

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This looks like a real easy question to (F4) answer. But it’s really (F4) hard to answer becauseI don’t know you or (F4) or your tastes, wants (F4) or desires. Or anything really.

You will have to just (F4) guess at it…;):smiley:

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5 but I can see you on a beemer trying to shake me from your tail!

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Hmm… The Beemer?? :wink:

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for me it would be the ktm, why? well because you will have something different ok the others are good but there much a much all the same ok well apart from the mv though bmw might beat it but who cares like yr realy gonna notice that on a road. besides i think the ktm might be more fun coz u dont have to scream it unlike an inline 4 where u have to at times then yr not enjoying it coz yr going so fast you gotta be serious and think who is gonna pull out on me wheres that big stone in yr path is there wild deer about, will that furry thing half a mile way move the same direction as the way you go etc etc etc:) can be said this for any bike though

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The new ZX-10R
In black

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blade or the beemer

the mv is stunning but woodster can give you an idea of how hard work they are to keep running, parts are rare as stuff out the back of a rocking horse

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Oh the choice!

Thanks for the vid Kaos :wink: Hmmmm… You know if the headlight cluster looked better on the KTM… then it looks like its an awesome choice as it looks like its got even better.

I do love the blade, but i’ve got a chance to live with something else and feel boring if I got the same again… but then I know it very well…

F4 is glorious. But for some reason it doesnt feel right for me… can’t understand why as its clearly the best looking bike - maybe im just an ugly b@rstard at heart!

I’ve ridden the Beemer and loved it - but that is an ugly brute. Also, it feels a bit like jumping on the band wagon cos Fast Bikes loved it so? But now they are raving about the Aprillia RSV Factory SE - which is the nuts - but i must say, the switches, dials and grips etc. are not nice - feel very cheap?

Anyway - keep em coming!

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Well look at it this way,

you only have one life so you can’t waste it by repeating yourself…so good as a Blade is you have to discount it…

There! The field has narrowed already! :smiley:

and!

If the head ruled the heart then , agreed, MV means some heartache on parts…

Now it’s down to 2…:smiley:

Question is what is ruling you?

Head or heart???:wink:

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Heart :kiss:

But its often put under great pressure from the Head! :crazy:

I must say im surprised No-one has said, older MV and Track bike… i thought you lot would have gone straight for that option!

It does make me sad to think about discounting the Blade but i get it and agree to an extent… Better the devil you know eh?

So really its the Beemer or KTM then… and i think out of those 2 its the Beemer… i think… but i would have to get the crappy black plastics sprayed…

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How about nearly new RsV4 Factory?

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That sounds lovely… but if i was going to go for the Factory, it propably stump up the extra dough and go for the SE… but I suppose it comes down to dosh…?

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thats what id chose

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In truth if I was in your position, had the dosh and wanted a new bike. I’d be buying the S1000RR.

It might not be as beautiful as the MV or have the character of the KTM or RSV4, but it is such a good bike, plus traction control, quiick-shifter and ABS for £12.5k new??? No-brainer I think.

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It’s bloody tempting …if the dosh is there

Heart = MV

Head = BMW

In the middle ( Lungs?) KTM

I’m jealous whatever :w00t::cool::stuck_out_tongue:

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I’d vouch for the BMW :stuck_out_tongue:

When i was changing the 1098 my short list consisted of the RSV4 Factory and the BMW. The main reason i went for the BM was the amount of miles i put on in the year and the fact that BMW was slightly bigger in size, only just, for my frame. It’s power and usability is brilliant and build quality i think is better than anything else i have owned. Yes the headlights aren’t to everyones liking but i have to admit they have grown on me.

I definately do not regret buying her and can’t wait to get her back on track next year:P

So go buy the KTM;)

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Also an Orange KTM would be easier to see in the snow…;):stuck_out_tongue:

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If the money was mine I would buy the BMW, for peace of mind due to build quality, as PJ says, and just the fact that it is consistently stated as the best thou on the market by almost everyone I take seriously.

However, I love the look of the KTM, I like the fact that there are not that many of them around and with the recent improvements it seems like it would be awesome bike to hoon around on, but I would always be worried before buying it that it was a mistake and that I would regret it.

I am pretty certain I would not regret buying the BMW. That is the only factor that would swing it for me.

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Can i just add that what ever bike i decide to change the BMW for in the future it will definately have a quickshifter:D I love it

Back end of the KTM looks great just not a fan of the dash, and thats what i will be looking at mostly.

Have you seen the dash on the new ZX10R, wow, and that looks like its going to be a bit of a weapon.